{"product_id":"the-emperor-and-the-peasant-kenneth-janda-9781476669571","title":"The Emperor and the Peasant: Two Men at the Start of the Great War and the End of the Habsburg Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e There was more to World War I than the Western Front. This history juxtaposes the experiences of a monarch and a peasant on the Eastern Front. Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary, was the first European leader to declare war in 1914 and was the first to commence firing. Samuel Mozolak was a Slovak laborer who sailed to New York--and fathered twins, taken as babies (and U.S. citizens) to his home village--before being drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army and killed in combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author interprets the views of the war of Franz Josef and his contemporaries Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II. Mozolak's story depicts the life of a peasant in an army staffed by aristocrats, and also illustrates the pattern of East European immigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Janda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476669570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476669571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Kenneth Janda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153677136127,"sku":"9781476669571","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_374cfebf-a0fd-4706-bab2-c337a47ae909.jpg?v=1770785085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emperor-and-the-peasant-kenneth-janda-9781476669571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}